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Specialization "International Business Communication" (SIBC)

What are the main topics of SIBC?

What interests, strengths, and capabilities should applicants have?

What career prospects do graduates of SIBC have?

Courses

In five courses (all held in a PI format), you will learn about a wide range of aspects of international business communication:

Key Concepts

Internal Business Communication

External Business Communication

Intercultural Business Communication

Skills

Important update regarding course no. 1945 (Skills) in WS24

Due to unforeseen events, we will not be able to offer course 1945 as originally planned. Registration will open for the remaining 3 classes on Sep 19 as scheduled, and we are doing our best to find a suitable solution to replace the fourth class. We will provide all information on such a replacement class as soon as it becomes available - ideally, we will be able to resolve this in time, but the course will definitely be held at different times than originally scheduled. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Organizational aspects

UPDATE September 9:

All slots for WS24 have been assigned and students have been informed accordingly. For the time being, no further admissions are possible, but if places remain unclaimed after September 22, those slots would then go to the next students on the waiting lists on September 23 based on the same criteria as outlined below. Note: it is not possible to notify non-successful applicants, so if you haven't heard from us yet and are not contacted on September 23, your application could not be considered this time.

General information:

The Specialization is designed to be completed within 2 semesters, with Courses I, II & III recommended to be taken in the first semester, and IV & V in the second semester. Accordingly, students in their first semester will be guaranteed spaces in the first three courses to the extent possible and assured spots in Courses IV and V in their second semester (within those Courses, though, no particular class can be guaranteed). However, only Course I MUST be taken in the first semester, and only after this course has been completed will it be possible to sign up for any of the other courses. Depending on scheduling of courses and availability of places, it MAY be possible to finish the Specialization within one semester, but this is in no way guaranteed nor really encouraged.

The Specialization will accept 60 students each semester; general eligibility criteria are the same as for any other SBWL or specialization.

In a first step, students wishing to apply for "International Business Communication" have to sign up for the course "Access to Specialization: International Business Communication" (1274; registration will run from August 29, 2pm, till September 5). Places will generally be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, with half the slots reserved for the fastest students who were awarded a grade of 1 (Very Good) on the BaWiSo19/BaWiRe CBK course "Introduction to Business Communication (IBC)" (note: EBC1 grades are not relevant here). The remaining slots will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis regardless of whether the applicant attended the CBK course or not until 60 slots have been filled.

NOTE: registration for the course "Access to Specialization: International Business Communication" does NOT automatically mean you have been accepted for the Specialization; of ALL students signing up for "Access to Specialization: International Business Communication", only 60 will be admitted based on the criteria outlined above.

For the time being, please direct any questions you may still have after carefully reading all the information provided here to bizcomm@wu.ac.at.